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Monday, 23 January 2012 18:46
NEC and IBM are together transforming the networks of old, as they announce today the industry’s first high performance OpenFlow ecosystem, complete with customer references. These include early innovators Selerity, furnishing real-time data for global financial markets, Tervela, who provide a high-speed messaging fabric, and Stanford University, the birthplace of OpenFlow. These organizations join over two dozen other institutions and enterprises who have deployed ProgrammableFlow, choosing the integrated NEC/IBM OpenFlow solution, which aligns with the OpenFlow standard and fulfills the promise of open networks.
We are excited to be co-marketing with IBM the first high-performance OpenFlow network solution, including our ProgrammableFlow controller, our PF5420 1GbE ProgrammableFlow switch, the new PF5820 10GbE switch, and IBM’s OpenFlow-enabled G8264 top-of-rack 10GbE switch. This ecosystem, bought into by the companies mentioned above, begins to reveal the true promise of OpenFlow.
In related news, Jon Oltsik blogged in NetworkWorld earlier this month about a circumstance he calls “Network Discontinuity”. This is a condition he equates to the demise of dinosaurs, which he says ESG
research has uncovered in many large enterprise data center networks today. Jon outlines all of the factors including cloud and virtualization that are changing the data center, but the network has been slow (like the dinosaur) in adapting to all of the changes. As a result, he says “the data center networking dinosaur is adapting but we are rapidly approaching a breaking point.” Jon graciously gave us permission to use the following chart, which outlines ESG’s recent findings on problems with data center networks today. Do you see your issues reflected here?
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That said, we are adding to the leadership position NEC has staked out with this new core OpenFlow switch. This energy-efficient hardware provides high throughput, with low latency, delivering 1.28 Terabits of switching performance with a compact footprint. The PF5820 is designed for building high performance, secure, and programmable networks.
And helping to make sure it all runs smoothly? NEC’s UNIVERGE
NEC continues to be a leader in the OpenFlow innovation movement. This week in Tokyo our colleagues in Japan at NEC Corporation are demonstrating another first: OpenFlow for Android, at
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